Overpass: Limited area database (extract) create area infinite loop alternative?

Hello everyone;

I have initialed overpass database from an extract for the state of Arizona, USA. I replaced "rules_loop.sh" script shipped with source with the following script:

#!/usr/bin/bash

DB_DIR=/mnt/nvme4/op2-meta
EXEC_DIR=/usr/local/bin
RULES_DIR=/usr/local/rules
LOG_FILE=$DB_DIR/logs/op_update_area.log

while [[ true ]]; do
{
  echo "`date '+%F %T'`: update started" >>$LOG_FILE
  #  ./osm3s_query --progress --rules <$DB_DIR/rules/areas.osm3s
  ionice -c 2 -n 7 nice -n 19 $EXEC_DIR/osm3s_query --progress --rules <$RULES_DIR/areas.osm3s
  echo "`date '+%F %T'`: update finished" >>$LOG_FILE
  sleep 3
}; done

Do I need this infinite loop for this small area extract? Is there any alternative?

Thank you all

Wael Hammoudeh